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innocuous-unlikely to offend/harmlessambrosia- food of classical Gods/ fruit and coconut dish/ something deliciousuxorious-excessively devoted to your wifephantasmagoria - bizzare images seen as if in a dreamcomeuppance- just punishment for somebody sub judice- currently under consideration by a judge or a court of law and therefore not to be commented upon publiclycalumniate- to falsely accusepenury- extreme povertyperjury-telling lies under oathpastiche-a piece of creative workunrequited-not felt in response, or not returned in the same way or to the same degreepropitious-favourable and likely to lead to successpunctilious-careful about correct behaviour/meticulousrectitude-strong moral integrity in actions or characterrecidivist-a criminal who keepsdoing things that are illegal, even after they have been punishedeudemonism- morality evaluated according to happinesexoteric- understood by allexculpate- prove somebody is innocentpejorative-expressing disapprovalmendacity- telling of liespreternatural-going beyound nature (exceeding what is normal in nature)/ supernaturalflagellate-flog,whipcoxalgia-pain in the hipdrudgery- exhausting work